Ruqayya
Ruqayya (Arabic: رقيّة) is an Arabic female given name meaning "rise or ascend" or "refined and elevated".[1]
It is not to be confused with a separate Arabic term "Ruqia" from Arabic رقى (ruqia) or alternative meaning "spell, enchantment, or incantation".
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and wife of third Rashidun caliph Uthman.
Other notable people with the name include:
- Sayyida Ruqayya bint Ali, daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib (cousin of Muhammad)
- Ruqayyah bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn (grandson of Muhammad)
- Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, first wife and chief consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar
- Ruqaya Al-Ghasra, a Bahraini athlete. She was one of the first women to represent Bahrain at the Olympic Games
- Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, Nigerian Minister of Education
- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, British Muslim author and winner of the Global Peace and Unity Lifetime Achievement Award for literature
- Ruqayyah Boyer, a Dutch-Guyanese model and Miss Guyana Universe
- Ruqaiya Hasan, a professor of linguistics
See also[]
- Arabic name
- List of peoples
- List of adjectival forms of place names
- Most popular given names
References[]
- ^ Grant, Russell (2009). Zodiac Baby Names the Complete Book of Baby Names Defined by Star Sign (1st ed.). Hay House, Inc. p. 323. ISBN 9781401926830.
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